Town founded in 1893, after the discovery of gold in the surrounding area of the Superstition Mountains now a tourist attraction with narrow-gauge railroad and re-enactments of gunfights on the Main Street of the town
General Information
Members-only entry at 6:00am on Sundays and Wednesdays
Closed: Select holidays and during extreme weather
Children under 2 & Members: Free
Community Day (2nd Tuesday each month): Free
Active Military (with ID): Free
Special events may require separate tickets
Only service animals and dogs during designated Dog Days
Scottsdale, AZ (5 mi)
Tempe, AZ (6 mi)
Best visited October through April for cooler weather and seasonal blooms
How to Get There
From Phoenix take I-10 East. After 24 miles keep right at the fork to continue on US-60 E, follow signs for Mesa - Globe/Mesa/Globe, follow signs for Mesa - Globe/Mesa/Globe. Take exit 196 for AZ-88 E/Idaho Rd. Continue driving north past Lost Dutchman State Park where Apache Trail begins.
Overview
Goldfield Ghost Town is a restored Old West mining town in the Superstition Mountains near Apache Junction, east of Phoenix, now a tourist attraction with a narrow-gauge train, gunfight reenactments, museum, shops and saloon. It was founded in 1893 after gold was discovered nearby and abandoned twice when the mine veins faulted. Robert “Bob” Schoose and his wife bought the site of the Goldfield Mill in 1984 and rebuilt and restored the old town.
Things to Do
- Superstition Narrow Gauge Railroad: the only 3-foot narrow-gauge railroad in operation in Arizona, with a 1890 Porter steam engine that once worked the local mines
- Main Street gunfight reenactments
- Historic buildings: the Goldfield Museum, the bordello, a mercantile, the livery, a post office, a bakery and a leather works
- Mammoth Steak House and Saloon
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of historic properties in Goldfield, Arizona", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
